Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

I.sup., ēre, 2, v. a. and impers. [root in poena, q. v.; Gr. ποινή].

I. Pers.

A. Act., to cause to repent, to displease (anteclass. and late Lat.): “et me quidem haec conditio nunc non paenitet,” causes me no regret, Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 50: quod male emptum est semper paenitet, Cat. ap. Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 26: “paenitemini et credite Evangelio,” repent, Vulg. Marc. 1, 15; id. Act. 3, 19.—

B. Neutr., to repent, be sorry: “momenta certaminum assuefaciebant militem minus jam tandem aut virtutis aut fortunae paenitere suae,” Liv. 22, 12, 10: “etiam nunc paenitere suā sponte Aequos quam pati hostilia malle,” id. 3, 2, 4: “Athenienses primi paenitere coeperunt,” Just. 11, 3, 3: “paenituit populus,” Vulg. Ecclus. 48, 16: “non vult paenitere,” id. Apoc. 2, 21.—Esp., in part. pres.: “Lepidus paenitens consili,” Sall. H. 1, 49 Dietsch: “paenitens facti,” Suet. Vit. 15; cf. id. Claud. 43 init.; cf. II. A. ε and ι infra.—

II. Impers.

A. It repents one, etc., i. e. I, you, etc., repent; I, etc., repent, am sorry, grieve, rue, etc.

(α). Aliquem alicujus rei: “non paenitere me consilii de tuā mansione,” Cic. Att. 9, 10, 8: “quem ... in eam diem vitae non paenituerat,” Just. 13, 1, 5: neque te, neque quenquam arbitror tuae paeniturum laudis, App. ap. Non. 158, 5: galeatum sero duelli paenitet, Juv. 1, 170.—

(β). Alicujus rei alone: “bonae mentis paenituisset,” Sen. Q. N 4, praef. 7: “paenitebatque modo consilii, modo paenitentiae ipsius,” Curt. 10, 7, 12.—

(γ). Aliquem alone: “si eos quidem non paeniteret,” Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 2.—

(δ). With acc. of person, foll. by inf.: “efficiunt ut me non didicisse minus paeniteat,” Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 77.—（ε) With neutr. pron. as subj. (cf. I. B. supra; Zumpt, Gr. § 442, explains the pron. in these passages as acc., but v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 876): “sapientis est nihil, quod paenitere possit, facere,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 81: “sequitur ut nihil paeniteat,” id. ib. 5, 18, 53: “quaeri oportet utrum id facinus sit, quod paenitere fuerit necesse,” id. Inv. 2, 13, 43. —（ζ) Foll. by rel. adverb. clause: “etsi solet eum, cum aliquid fecit, paenitere,” Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1.—（η) With quod: “valde ego ipsi, quod de suā sententiā decesserit, paenitendum puto,” Cic. Att. 7, 3, 6: “paenitet quod non ab adultero coepi,” Quint. Decl. 335.— (θ) With dat. of agent: “consilii nostri ... nobis paenitendum,” Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 2.—（ι) Absol.: “tanta vis fuit paenitendi,” Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 79: corrigere errorem paenitendo, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 6, 24: “Sallustius usque eo processit, ut non paeniturum pro non acturo paenitentiam dixerit,” Quint. 9, 3, 12: “paenitet et torqueor,” Ov. P. 1, 2, 60; Prud. Cath. 2, 26.—

B. It discontents or displeases one, i. e. one is vexed, angry, offended, dissatisfied (class.; cf. taedet).

(α). Aliquem alicujus rei: “ut me imperii nostri paeniteret,” Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16: “num hujusce te gloriae paenitebat?” id. Phil. 1, 13, 33; cf. id. Rep. 3, 35, 47: “num igitur, si ad centesimum annum vixisset, senectutis suae eum paeniteret?” id. Sen. 6, 19: “paenitere se virium suarum,” Liv. 8, 23: “paenituit multos vanae sterilisque cathedrae,” Juv. 7, 203.—

(β). With quod and subj.: “se paenitere, quod animum tuum offenderit,” Cic. Att. 11, 13, 2.—

C. It concerns, is a care to, makes anxious, dissatisfies; and with negative, it is enough, satisfies (mostly anteclass.): “an paenitet te, quanto hic fuerit usui?” are you not satisfied? Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 71: “paenitetne te, quot ancillas alam?” id. Truc. 2, 6, 52: duas dabo, una si parum'st; “et si duarum paenitebit, addentur duae,” are not enough, not satisfactory, id. Stich. 4, 1, 34: “an paenitebat flagitii te auctore quod fecisset Adulescens?” was it not enough? Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 12; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 20; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 20: “an paenitet vos, quod salvum atque incolumem exercitum traduxerim?” Caes. B. C. 2, 32: “quod a senatu quanti fiam minime me paenitet,” Cic. Att. 1, 20, 2; cf.: “tam diu velle debebis (discere), quoad te quantum proficias non paenitebit,” id. Off. 1, 1, 2. —Hence,

A. paenĭtens , entis, P. a., repenting, repentant, penitent.

(α). Absol.: “optimus est portus paenitenti mutatio consilii,” Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 7.—

(β). With gen.: Lepidum paenitentem consilii, Sall. ap. Charis. p. 224 P.—

(γ). With de: “signa paenitentis de matrimonio dederat,” Suet. Claud. 43.— Hence, adv.: paenĭtenter , with regret, repentantly (late Lat.): “auguria paenitenter omissa,” Min. Fel. Oct. 26.—

B. paenĭ-tendus , a, um, to be repented of, blamable, objectionable (perh. not ante-Aug.).

1. Affirmatively: “itaque hic ager sive exercetur, seu cessat, colono est paenitendus,” Col. 3, 2: “paenitendae rei recordatio,” Sen. Brev. Vit. 10, 2.—

2. With a negative: “sub haud paenitendo magistro,” Liv. 1, 35, 5; 25, 6, 10; 40, 6, 3: “dicta non paenitenda,” Gell. 1, 3, 2: “gens Flavia reipublicae non paenitenda,” Suet. Vesp. 1.